We don't have to wait for AI to gain sentience and go rogue because the probability of intelligent automation being used by bad people for bad purposes is one…hundred…percent. Expect chaos when con artists conspire with convoluted neural networks. Assessing threats and preemptively developing defense mechanisms is critical for the good guys to prepare for, prevent, and mitigate potentially existential threats. That's the core message of a comprehensive and rather alarming report prepared by some of the brightest (ahem, human) minds on artificial intelligence. Aptly entitled "The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence: Forecasting, Prevention, and Mitigation," the 100-odd page policy recommendation paper was authored by luminaries from Future of Humanity Institute, OpenAI, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, and leading universities in the U.S. and U.K. In the report, the authors described the fast-evolving threat landscape, key areas of security risk, and high-level recommendations for actions we can take today.